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Spring snow brings extended ski season

Never mind those epic closing-day celebrations last weekend at Vail, Copper Mountain, Breckenridge, and Powderhorn: All four resorts have announced they'll be spinning the chairlifts again this weekend and reopening Friday, April 19 through Sunday, April 21, to make the most of massive dumps of late ... More >>

Vail and Burton Snowboards confirm rumors: Burton US Open is coming to Colorado

Vail Resorts and Burton Snowboards yesterday confirmed rumors -- first reported earlier this month by the Breckenridge-based Angry Snowboarder blog -- that the Burton US Open is moving to Vail after thirty years in Vermont -- 27 of them at Stratton Mountain. The 31st annual Burton US Open will be he ... More >>

A weekend stuffed with culinary events

The work week was cut in half by the holiday, which somehow made it feel longer. Fortunately, there will be plenty of fun to chew on over the coming weekend.

Munch and March

Don't let the door hit you on the way out: Vail to begin new gondola construction April 16

Closing day at Vail is scheduled for Sunday, April 15, and Vail Resorts will barely let the door hit this sad snow season on the ass before looking forward to next winter: The very next day, the company will begin construction on a new gondola from Vail Village to Mid-Vail, a pillar of the resort's ... More >>

Reader: The service at New Saigon isn't great, but the food is fantastic

Ski resort "smoke shacks" have the bowls that really count

Vail Resorts Epic Pass holders get snowed by Montana rustlers

MT, not CO.​While Colorado skiers keep watching the skies and the weather reports, hoping to see some of the white stuff, other states aren't sitting idly by on their snowboards. Montana's Big Sky, for example is trying to rustle Colorado skiers...by honoring the Epic Pass issued by Vail Resor ... More >>

Restaurant Roll Call for 2011

Close to 300 new restaurants opened in the metro area last year -- and with that much action, perhaps it's not surprising that two of them are named Cebiche, and two of them are named Chinook. But the local dining scene also lost a surprising number of mainstays: the 29-year-old Pearl Street Grill, ... More >>

Snowmass nabs most-viewed snowboard video of 2011

It's no secret that Colorado ski areas have been embracing social media: Vail Resorts' EpicMix Photo app is the gold standard, and even the tiniest ski areas in the state now have very active Facebook and Twitter feeds. Every "impression" counts, especially when you have skiers and snowboarders shar ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Sting sings, Thanksgiving on a stick, skiers shred, Williams & Graham bows

Big pics below.​Did you spend your whole weekend cleaning the house? Silly you! Plenty of other Denverites were enjoying the sort of stuff captured by Westword reporters and photogs on our slideshow page and Backbeat Online, Cafe Society and Show and Tell blogs. Check out highlights below pert ... More >>

This Weekend in Stoke: Vail, Eldora, Snowmass open, Copper presents Colorado Demo Days

Jack Affleck/Vail ResortsEverything's Hunky-Dory for opening day at Vail​Opening day! Vail opens today with a 52-inch base, thirteen inches of new snow in the last week, an opening day terrain park on Born Free, and access to the mountain from both Vail Village and Lionshead. Still need a seas ... More >>

Skiers may scoff, but snowboarders are finally being accepted by the slopes' old guard

Opening day at Keystone, Copper; EpicMix; Ski Expo; and the Adventure Film Festival

Keystone and Copper Mountain open today, joining Arapahoe Basin, Loveland, and Wolf Creek. And make sure you smile for the cameras at Keystone, where its parent company, Vail Resorts, debuts the new EpicMix Photo social media app: A small army of professional photographers on the mountain will be ... More >>

Andy Daly and 'Gart Brothers' Ken and Tom take over at Powderhorn Resort

​Yesterday marked the official ownership transition at Grand Mesa's Powderhorn Resort: Andy Daly and brothers Ken and Tom Gart bought the ski area at auction on August 4 for just $577,500, plus an additional 700-acre development tract below the resort for $825,000, spending a total of $1.4 mil ... More >>

Vail Resorts unveils new photo-sharing features in EpicMix 2.0 social media app

​If you nerded out on the EpicMix app while skiing or snowboarding at the Vail Resorts last season and love to boast on Facebook about just how sick your "sick days" are by posting photos and status updates from the mountain, then EpicMix 2.0 is just for you, adding EpicMix Photo and new socia ... More >>

Vail Resorts sways Shaun White with an Epic Pass in undisclosed (probably epic) deal

Photo courtesy Vail Resorts​Shaun White picked up his Epic Pass yesterday after signing on to make Northstar-at-Tahoe his home resort and agreeing to represent all six of the Vail Resorts properties (including Vail, Beaver Creek, and Breckenridge here in Colorado) in what Vail Resorts CEO Rob ... More >>

Vail Resorts hiring Snow Squad bloggers for 2011/2012 season

​Attention, ski and snowboard bums: Vail Resorts has a job just for you. This winter you could be riding out the recession at Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, Keystone, Heavenly and Northstar-at-Tahoe as part of the Sprint Snow Squad blogger team. For your trouble -- a trifle, really -- you'l ... More >>

Today in Stoke: Vail Resorts' EpicMix app nominated for Webby Awards

​Still can't believe ski season ended yesterday at Vail and Breckenridge, the last of the Vail resorts still standing, even though it's still snowing up in them thar hills? As we reflect on the epic season now mostly behind us, the hardcore among us can visit EpicMix.com to to relive all our g ... More >>

This weekend in Stoke: Easter eggcelence edition

​Thank you, Easter bunny! Copper Mountain's Spring Sunsation festival and 2010/2011 ski season winds up this weekend with a world record attempt on Saturday at 10 a.m. "Time to break out those swimsuits and sunglasses, because we're going to be trying to break the world record for most people ... More >>

Ski Colorado Breast Cancer Awareness Tour raises over $20,000

Fighting breast cancer in style.​On March 13, Colorado natives Mackenzie Bell, Page Kelley, Jeremy Rubingh, Allie Shafner, Alison Friedman and Laura Yale loaded a pink RV with their gear, a set of fake boobs and breast cancer information and headed for Steamboat with the goal of skiing every C ... More >>

Today in Stoke: Pre-season Spring deals on 2011/2012 ski passes

$199 for a 2011/2012 season pass? Believe it.​Many Colorado ski areas announced pre-season discounts on 2011/2012 season passes this week. Yes, we know there are still three or four good weeks of Spring skiing and shredding ahead of us, and that Arapahoe Basin will be keeping the dream alive u ... More >>

Six Coloradans fighting breast cancer with skis

The official ride of breast cancer awareness.​Goofy-looking Texans on spring break at Colorado ski resorts will have a tough time standing out next week. While a jeans and cowboy hat getup will draw some finger-pointing, it's got nothing on a band of pink cape-wearing, fake boob-carrying phila ... More >>

Show Us Your Long Johns!

EpicMix app takes hold at Vail Resorts, turning skiing into The Social Network

​While seeking some epic pow-pow at Breckenridge recently (read: practicing my "pizza and French fries" on the cruisin' slopes), I noticed a new phenomenon: ski dudes and dudettes whipping out their smart phones to compare stats on Vail Resorts' new EpicMix social-media app, which tracks guest ... More >>

Come Out of Hibernation

Jorge de la Torre, dean of culinary education at Johnson & Wales University, dishes on Denver's best hummus, his students and surly service

Lori Midson​ Jorge de la Torre Johnson & Wales University www.jwu.edu This is part one of Lori Midson's interview with Jorge de la Torre, dean of culinary education at Johnson & Wales University. Part two of that interview will run in this space tomorrow. "I'm a little worried about this in ... More >>

Today In Stoke: Vail opens new Chair 5 High Noon Express lift today

Photo courtesy Vail ResortsYour chariot awaits: Chair #5 opens today​The new High Noon Express Lift (Chair 5) at Vail opens a week from today, right after next week's Snow Daze events. The high-speed quad chair replaces the old fixed-grip triple, cutting the ride from twelve minutes down to ju ... More >>

This Weekend In Stoke: More local adventure than you can shake a snowboard at

Photo courtesy Vail Resorts​After getting dumped on all week (nearly three feet, as of this writing) Vail is opening today with 1,150 acres and nine lifts. Eldora opens today, too. Winter Park opened on Wednesday and will open Mary Jane tomorrow. And Keystone, which opened on November 5, is op ... More >>

This Weekend In Stoke: Copper, Keystone, Roller Girls and more

​Where to get some action this weekend? Where to begin? For starters, you'll want to call in sick this morning and make it a three-day weekend: Copper Mountain opens today with its annual Lift Off party running through the weekend. Hit the slopes all day then stop by Jack's at the base for the ... More >>

Social media app EpicMix tracks fun at Vail Resorts & more: How sick are your "sick days"?

​Unless you want your boss to know exactly how sick your "sick" days are, you might want to be careful about who's in your social network when you're at Vail Resorts this season.

What Robert Redford and fellow lefties are up to at the Project New West summit

A Flickr photoRobert Redford, who's probably had some work done.​Today and tomorrow, political heavy hitters of the progressive persuasion throughout the region are meeting at the Colorado History Museum as part of the 2009 Western Summit, sponsored by Project New West, an organization that de ... More >>

No scoffing at Denver's Escoffier dinner

Sports Go to Extremes

Sports Go to Extremes

Kaye Ferry Loves Riff-Raff

Road Block!

The Candy Man

Up All Night

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Letters to the Editor

From the week of 3/22/07

Slippery Slopes

Ashley Stamp's deadly accident should look familiar to Vail.

Drunk of the Week

Red Lion

Boys Gone Wild

Breckenridge has a bad-boy image, but is there truth in advertising?

Best Youth Mountain Outreach

Snowboard Outreach Society

Love's Recipe

Allie’s Cabin offers a meal that arouses several appetites.

Preaching the Summit

Colorado ski resorts look to folkie Jim Salestrom for a musical lift.

Downhill to Disneyland

The slopes are crowded, so why aren't Colorado resorts rolling in cold cash?

Timber!

Tempestuous political winds are blowing through Colorado's busiest forest.

Backwash

This Year Blows!

Kissing off a year of six-minute smooches and sex-toy cigars.